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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
buyer
perform quality assurance (Process)
requirement
2. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity
start to start (SS)
role
schedule baseline
project team directory
3. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining
to complete performance index (TCPI)
perform quality control (Process)
scheduled finish date (SF)
regulation
4. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.
deliverable (Output/Input)
data date
functional organization
residual risk
5. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts
report performance (Process)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
lag (Technique)
develop schedule (Process)
6. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship
successor activity
collect requirements (Process)
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
7. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
resource leveling (Technique)
tool
scope change
rework
8. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.
plan risk response (Process)
voice of the customer
s-curve
resource breakdown structure
9. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools
sub phase
technique
define scope (Process)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
10. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone
milestone schedule (Tool)
buffer
functional manager
analogous estimating (Technique)
11. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.
closing processes (Process Group)
time and material contract (T&M)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
buyer
12. Provider of products - services or results
project calendar
seller
triggers
activity code
13. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)
milestone schedule (Tool)
validation
actual duration
reserve
14. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget
project life cycle
schedule baseline
parametric estimating (Technique)
Monte Carlo simulation
15. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives
network logic
functional organization
project manager
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
16. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
execute
total float
special cause
root cause analysis (Technique)
17. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete
actual duration
scheduled start date (SS)
human resource plan
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
18. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project
budget at completion (BAC)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
specification
work authorization system (Tool)
19. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity
finish to start (FS)
activity list (Output/Input)
budget at completion (BAC)
late start date (LS)
20. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved
assumptions
approved change request (Output/Input)
time and material contract (T&M)
scope baseline
21. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
perform quality assurance (Process)
lessons learned knowledge base
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
start to finish (SF)
22. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
time and material contract (T&M)
application area
baseline
23. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity
develop project team (Process)
path divergence
co-location (Technique)
practice
24. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity
project schedule (Output/Input)
log
regulation
define scope (Process)
25. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity
closing processes (Process Group)
sequence activities (Process)
verification
start to finish (SF)
26. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities
project charter (Output/Input)
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
monitor and control risks (Process)
27. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals
sub phase
plan quality (Process)
authority
threshold
28. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
risk register (Output/Input)
threshold
effort
29. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope
approved change request (Output/Input)
lag (Technique)
schedule compression
finish to start (FS)
30. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
work package
executing processes (Process Group)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
late start date (LS)
31. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
pareto chart (Tool)
scheduled start date (SS)
expected monetary value (EMV)
32. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.
progressive elaboration (Technique)
forecast
duration (DU or DUR)
validation
33. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded
common cause
develop project charter (Process)
change control board (CCB)
monitor
34. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result of service conforms to specified requirements.
inspection (Technique)
path divergence
execute
schedule baseline
35. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
percent complete
expert judgment (Technique)
buffer
project team directory
36. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management
percent complete
resource breakdown structure
scope management plan(Output/Input)
specification limits
37. ACWP
actual cost of work performed
percent complete
network logic
plan risk response (Process)
38. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship
project management body of knowledge
subproject
plan quality (Process)
project scope
39. Float (total float - free float)
change control system (Tool)
slack
project manager
Monte Carlo analysis
40. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient
manage project team (Process)
project management team
decomposition (Technique)
plan procurements (Process)
41. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle
co-location (Technique)
expert judgment (Technique)
secondary risk
project phase
42. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.
change control system (Tool)
start date
assumptions
administer procurements (Process)
43. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
budget
schedule network analysis (Technique)
work performance information
execute
44. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active
acceptance criteria
actual duration
resource calendar
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
45. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance
forecast
project scope
expert judgment (Technique)
report performance (Process)
46. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.
threshold
monitor and control risks (Process)
deliverable (Output/Input)
earned value management (EV
47. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
variance analysis (Technique)
external deliverable
48. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project
report performance (Process)
performance measurement baseline
scope
collect requirements (Process)
49. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
project phase
brainstorming (Technique)
project charter (Output/Input)
50. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
specification limits
fast tracking (Technique)
parametric estimating (Technique)
three point estimate (Technique)